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Donegal garda stumbled on human remains by chance

A RANDOM search of a farmhouse and land in Co Donegal led to the grim discovery of human remains by a garda investigating the disappearance of Dolores McCrea.

The detective stumbled upon the charred bones in the ashes of a fire on the land. McCrea, who had four children, went missing on Tuesday night on her way to a ladies’ darts competition. When she failed to turn up for work at a local bar on Wednesday, gardai in Ballyshannon launched a search.

McCrea, 35, from Main Street, Ballintra, was last seen by her husband between 7.30pm and 8.30pm on Tuesday. On the evening she disappeared, McCrea drove her red Peugeot 206 towards the family home in Ballybulgan to meet her husband. She was last seen getting into a silver car, possibly a Volkswagen Golf.

McCrea and her husband had lived at the two-storey farmhouse for almost 20 years before she